Showing posts with label Snake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snake. Show all posts

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Natural Health Tips - Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees

Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) and Moss (Bryophyta)
Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) and Moss (Bryophyta) (Photo credit: Futureman1)
SK
WA´LǏ=Hepatica acutiloba--Liverwort, Heartleaf: Used for
coughs either in tea or by chewing root. Those who dream of snakes
drink a decoction of this herb and I´natû Ga´n‘ka=“snake tongue”
(Camptosorus rhizophyllus or Walking Fern) to produce vomiting, after
which the dreams do not return. The traders buy large quantities of
liverwort from the Cherokees, who may thus have learned to esteem it
more highly than they otherwise would. The appearance of the other
plant, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, has evidently determined its Cherokee
name and the use to which it is applied. Dispensatory: “Liverwort is a
very mild demulcent tonic and astringent, supposed by some to possess
diuretic an
English: Collage of Cherokee men and women fro...
English: Collage of Cherokee men and women from public domain sources. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
d deobstruent virtues. It was formerly used in Europe
in various complaints, especially chronic hepatic affections, but
has fallen into entire neglect. In this country, some years since,
it acquired considerable reputation, which, however, it has not
maintained as a remedy in hæmoptysis and chronic coughs.” The other
plant is not named.

Reprinted from an historical book from 1885-1886 
The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886,
Government Printing Office, Washington,
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Gloucester County Obscure Animal Control Law

On the left is a picture of a local person.  His name is Charles Braxton.  He is an owner of a number of exotic snakes.  Animal Control hates snakes.  When this picture was taken some years ago, what Charlie was doing was okay.  It's now considered illegal in the county of Gloucester.  On the right is his grandson.  Also committing what is now an illegal act.  That's correct.  In Gloucester County, Virginia, you can not drape a snake around your neck.  Why?  The reason has been stated that someone found it offensive.

  Your rights further taken away because some idiot found what is going on in these pictures offensive.  This is only the first part of the story.  We will be posting the second part of the story very soon.  If you think this is ridiculous, it gets a lot worse.  Kool Aid is here and the drinking from the Kool Aid well is very high.
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